# 醍醐
## Chinese
### Etymology

Cognate to Mongolian чиген (čigen).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): tíhú
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tai$^4$ wu$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: tíhú
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄏㄨˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: tíhú
*** Wade–Giles: tʻi$^2$-hu$^2$
*** Yale: tí-hú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyihwu
*** Palladius: тиху (tixu)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰi³⁵ xu³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$提壺 / 提壶 提胡 醍醐 鵜鶘 / 鹈鹕
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tai$^4$ wu$^4$
*** Yale: tàih wùh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tai$^4$ wu$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tei$^4$ wu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɐi̯²¹ wuː²¹/
* Middle Chinese: dej hu
Rime :
| Character | 醍 | 醐 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 齊 (39) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 杜奚切 | 戸吳切 |
| Baxter | dej | hu |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dei/ | /ɦuo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dei/ | /ɦuo/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɛi/ | /ɣo/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /dɛj/ | /ɦɔ/ |
| Li Rong | /dei/ | /ɣo/ |
| Wang Li | /diei/ | /ɣu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱiei/ | /ɣuo/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | tí | hú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tai$^4$ | wu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*deː ɡaː/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 醍 | 醐 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 11625 | 4250 |
| Phonetic component | 是 | 古 |
| Rime group | 支 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嗁 | 胡 |
| Old Chinese | /*deː/ | /*ɡaː/ |

### Noun

醍醐
* purified kumiss
       From: Shuowen Jiezi, circa 2nd century CE
       Tíhú, lào zhī jīng zhě yě. [Pinyin]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (figurative) clarified butter; ghee
* (literary, figurative, Buddhism) the essence of Buddhism
* (literary, figurative) good alcohol; fine liquor

#### Derived terms

* 如飲醍醐 / 如饮醍醐
* 醍醐灌頂 / 醍醐灌顶 (tíhúguàndǐng)

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 醍(だい)醐(ご) (daigo)
* → Korean: 제호(醍醐) (jeho)
* → Vietnamese: đề hồ (醍醐)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 醍 | 醐 |
| だい Jinmeiyō | ご Jinmeiyō |
| on'yomi ||

### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 醍醐 (MC dej hu), itself a translation of Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, literally “cream of milk”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) だいご [dáꜜìgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
* IPA: [da̠iɡo̞]

### Noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (daigo)
* ghee (type of clarified butter)
* (Buddhism) the fifth and last flavor according to the Nirvana Sutra, possibly of ghee or some other kind of butter; believed to be the ultimate truth or the greatest nirvana
    Hypernym: 五味 (gomi)

#### Derived terms

* 醍(だい)醐(ご)味(み) (daigomi, “flavor of ghee → best taste or part”)

### Proper noun

醍(だい)醐(ご) • (Daigo)
* a place name
* a surname
* a unisex given name

#### Derived terms

* 醍(だい)醐(ご)街道(かいどう) (Daigo Kaidō)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)山(さん) (Daigo-san)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)寺(じ) (Daigo-ji)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)の五(ご)門跡(もんぜき) (Daigo no Gomonzeki)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)の三流(さんりゅう) (Daigo no Sanryū)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)の花(はな)見(み) (Daigo no Hanami)
* 醍(だい)醐(ご)流(りゅう) (Daigo-ryū)

### References

* ↑ “醍醐”, in ブリタニカ国際大百科事典 小項目事典 (Buritanika Kokusai Dai Hyakka Jiten: Shō Kōmoku Jiten, “Encyclopædia Britannica International: Micropædia”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Britannica Japan Co., Ltd., 2014
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN